Comment by kalleboo

The US hegemony gives your country massive wealth. US GDP per capita is 30% higher than Germany. Europe is extremely poor compared to the US even when they're not paying for defense. The US has more than enough money to fix its domestic problems. There's just no political will. Nobody votes for the person who wants to fix difficult problems when you can just vote for the guy who points out flaws in the other guy's plan. (Europe is not really any different today - we're just lucky we got the big issues settled a few decades ago before social media gave everyone a voice)